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94-hconres-782 94 hconres 782 A resolution to express the sense of the Congress that the Joint Tribal Council of the Passamaquoddy Tribe and the Penobscot Tribe and their representatives shall have a cause of action for monetary damages only for alleged violation of the 1790 Indian Non-Intercourse Act and that no cause of action for the return of aboriginal lands in the State of Maine shall lie. Native Americans 1976-10-01 1976-10-01 Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. House Rep. Cohen, William S. [R-ME-2] ME R C000598 1 Expresses the sense of Congress that no action by or on behalf of the Joint Tribal Council for the Passamaquoddy or the Penobscot Tribe of the State of Maine shall lie for return of aboriginal lands, based on alleged violation of the 1790 Indian Non-Intercourse Act, and no defect in land title in the State of Maine based upon such claims shall be recognized in any court of law. Stipulates that pending or future causes of action for monetary damages arising out of such land claims are unaffected by this resolution. 2024-08-01T19:20:36Z  
94-hr-15837 94 hr 15837 A bill to provide that certain land of the United States shall be held by the United States in trust or certain communities of the Mdewakanton Sioux in Minnesota. Native Americans 1976-10-01 1976-10-01 Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. House Rep. Nolan, Richard M. [D-MN-6] MN D N000127 2 Provides that specified lands of the United States shall be held in trust for specified communities of the Mdewakanton Sioux of Minnesota and shall be included in and considered a part of the reservation lands of such communities. States that no provision of this Act shall be construed to affect any contract, lease, or assignment in existence on the date of enactment of this Act. 2024-08-01T19:33:40Z  
94-sconres-212 94 sconres 212 A concurrent resolution relating to land claims of the Passamaquoddy tribe of Indians. Native Americans 1976-10-01 1976-10-01 Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Senate Sen. Hathaway, William D. [D-ME] ME D H000346 1 Expresses the sense of Congress that no action by or on behalf of the Joint Tribal Council for the Passamaquoddy or the Penobscot Tribe of the State of Maine shall lie for return of aboriginal lands, based on alleged violation of the 1790 Indian Non-Intercourse Act, and no defect in land title in the State of Maine based upon such claims shall be recognized in any court of law. Stipulates that pending or future causes of action for monetary damages arising out of such land claims are unaffected by this resolution. 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z  
94-hjres-1116 94 hjres 1116 Joint resolution relating to the regulation by the States of certain Indian hunting and fishing rights. Native Americans 1976-09-30 1976-09-30 Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. House Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-16] MI D D000355 0 Provides that States may enact and enforce laws of a purely regulatory nature which bear upon Indian off-reservation hunting and fishing rights. Declares that State legislation which deals with the time and manner of hunting or fishing activities is in furtherance of and not in derogation of treaties between the U.S. Government and the various Indian tribes. 2024-08-01T19:22:15Z  
94-s-3850 94 s 3850 Indian Controlled Postsecondary Educational Institution Assistance Act Native Americans 1976-09-29 1976-09-29 Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Senate Sen. Abourezk, James [D-SD] SD D A000017 0 Indian-Controlled Postsecondary Educational Institution Assistance Act - Amends the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to make grants to Indian-controlled educational institutions for specified purposes, including: (1) planning of educational programs and activities; (2) basic operational costs; and (3) student services. Prescribes eligibility requirements for receipt of such grants. Authorizes the Secretary, upon the request of any American Indian tribe or community to assist in the planning and development of feasibility studies to determine whether there is justification for the creation of an Indian-controlled postsecondary educational institution. Sets forth a grant formula to be followed by the Secretary in extending funds to qualified applicants. States that eligibility for assistance under this Act shall not supplant eligibility under other Federal financial assistance programs. Requires the Secretary to submit a report to the Congress containing a survey of existing and planned physical facilities of Indian-controlled postsecondary educational institutions. Authorizes appropriations for the three full fiscal years after the enactment of this Act. Provides for adjustment of grants where the sums appropriated for any fiscal year are not sufficient to pay in full the total amounts which all approved grant applicants are eligible to receive under this Act for that fiscal year. 2025-09-02T18:52:38Z  
94-hjres-1111 94 hjres 1111 A joint resolution to provide for the establishment of a Commission to examine the effect of Northwest Indian Off-Reservation Treaty Fishing Rights. Native Americans 1976-09-27 1976-09-27 Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. House Rep. Meeds, Lloyd [D-WA-2] WA D M000626 6 Establishes a Commission to examine the effect of Northwest Indian Off-Reservation Fishing Rights. Directs the Commission to be composed of 11 members, five of whom are from the public sector and six from the private sector. Specifies from which public agencies and which private interest groups the members will be selected. Sets forth the structure and powers of the Commission, and the procedures which it shall follow. Makes it the Commission's duty to study and assess the impact of the recent United States district court proceeding, U.S. v. Washington (commonly known as the Boldt decision), and other recent holdings which affect the commercial, sports, and recreational fishing industry in the Pacific Northwest. Authorizes funding for the Commission and requests a report of findings and recommendations to the Congess upon completion of the Commission's work. 2024-08-01T19:22:15Z  
94-hjres-1109 94 hjres 1109 A joint resolution to provide for the establishment of a Commission to examine the effect of Northwest Indian Off-Reservation Treaty Fishing Rights, and for other purposes. Native Americans 1976-09-23 1976-09-23 Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. House Rep. Meeds, Lloyd [D-WA-2] WA D M000626 0 Establishes a Commission to examine the effect of Northwest Indian Off-Reservation Fishing Rights. Directs the Commission to be composed of 11 members, five of whom are from the public sector and six from the private sector. Specifies from which public agencies and which private interest groups the members will be selected. Sets forth the structure and powers of the Commission, and the procedures which it shall follow. Makes it the Commission's duty to study and assess the impact of the recent United States district court proceeding, U.S. v. Washington (commonly known as the Boldt decision), and other recent holdings which affect the commercial, sports, and recreational fishing industry in the Pacific Northwest. Authorizes funding for the Commission and requests a report of findings and recommendations to the Congess upon completion of the Commission's work. 2024-08-01T19:22:15Z  
94-hr-15600 94 hr 15600 A bill for the relief of the Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas and the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana. Native Americans 1976-09-16 1976-09-16 Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. House Rep. Wilson, Charles [D-TX-2] TX D W000570 1 Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay a specified sum to the Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas and the Coushatta Tribe of Louisana arising from the taking of lands compensable under the Indian Claims Commission Act. 2024-08-01T19:33:31Z  
94-s-3777 94 s 3777 Indian Child Welfare Act Native Americans 1976-08-27 1976-08-27 Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Senate Sen. Abourezk, James [D-SD] SD D A000017 0 Indian Child Welfare Act - Title I: Child Placement Standards - Makes provisions governing the validity of Indian child placement including: (1) that such placement is made pursuant to an order of a tribal court or where there is no such court that the Indian tribe be accorded 30 days notice of such proceeding and the right to intervene as an interested party; (2) that there be overwhelming evidence, including professional testimony, that the continued custody of the child would result in serious physical or emotional damage to the child where there is parental or blood guardian opposition to the loss of custody; and (3) that the voluntariness or consent to the loss of custody be certified by the witnessing judge. States that these provisions shall not effect temporary placements under circumstances where the physical or emotional well-being of the child is immediately threatened. Requires every nontribal government agency to grant a preference to members of the child's extended Indian family when such child is being offered for adoption. States that, absent good cause shown to the contrary, a nontribal government agency must follow the order of preferences stated in this Act. Grants continuing jurisdiction to a tribal court over child placement where the child has not attained the age of 18 and has been placed in a home or institution outside of the reservation of which the child is a resident. Allows an Indian adoptive child who has attained the age of 18, upon application to the court which entered the final adoption decree, to discover the names and last known addresses of his or her natural parents, their tribal affiliation, and the ground for the severance of their family relations. Title II: Indian Family Development - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to make grants to, or enter into contract with, Indian tribes for the purpose of assisting such tribes in the establishment and operation of Indian family development programs. States that such programs shall consist of features including: (1) a s… 2025-09-02T18:52:35Z  
94-hr-15287 94 hr 15287 A bill to amend the act entitled "An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to arrange with States or Territories for the education, medical attention, relief of distress, and social welfare of Indians. Native Americans 1976-08-26 1976-08-26 Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. House Rep. Pressler, Larry [R-SD-1] SD R P000513 0 Directs the Secretary of the Interior to enter into contracts to provide money to meet the general operating costs of public elementary and secondary schools which are located on or near Indian reservations and which are educating Indian children. Prohibits the Secretary from imposing an eligibility requirement that a number of Indian children in excess of 15 percent of the total enrollment must be enrolled in such school. States that the amount of money provided shall be equal to the amount needed by such school to provide education of good quality, taking into account the special costs associated with educating Indian children. Authorizes appropriations of sums necessary to carry out this Act. 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z  
94-hr-15144 94 hr 15144 A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to contract with the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District of New Mexico for the payment of operation and maintenance charges on certain Pueblo Indian lands. Native Americans 1976-08-10 1976-08-10 Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. House Rep. Pettis, Shirley N. [R-CA-37] CA R P000273 0 Amends Acts authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to contract with the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District of New Mexico for maintenance and operation on specified Pueblo Indian lands to delete the five-year limitation on authorizations of annual appropriations to pay the costs of such maintenance and operation. 2024-08-01T19:33:01Z  
94-hr-14931 94 hr 14931 A bill to convey certain Federal-owned land known as the Yardeka School land to the Creek Nation of Oklahoma. Native Americans 1976-07-28 1976-07-28 Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. House Rep. Risenhoover, Theodore M. [D-OK-2] OK D R000268 0 Conveys specified Federal-owned land known as the Yardeka School land to the Creek nation of Oklahoma. 2024-08-01T19:32:51Z  
94-hr-14901 94 hr 14901 A bill to allow any chief of the Piscataway Indian Tribe to be buried at Piscataway Park in Oxon Hill, Md. Native Americans 1976-07-27 1976-07-27 Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. House Rep. Spellman, Gladys Noon [D-MD-5] MD D S000716 0 Directs the Secretary of the Interior to allow any chief of the Piscataway Indian Tribe to be buried at Piscataway Park in Oxen Hill, Maryland. 2024-08-01T19:32:51Z  
94-hr-14850 94 hr 14850 A bill to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to provide for the withdrawal of lands for the Village of Klukwan, Alaska. Native Americans 1976-07-26 1976-07-26 Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. House Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] AK R Y000033 0 Amends the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to withdraw 70,000 acres of public lands in order that the Village Corporation for the Villiage of Klukwan may select 23,040 acres. 2024-08-01T19:32:50Z  
94-s-3651 94 s 3651 An Act to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to provide for the withdrawal of lands for the Village of Klukwan, Alaska, and for other purposes. Native Americans 1976-07-01 1976-10-04 Public law 94-456. Senate Sen. Gravel, Mike [D-AK] AK D G000388 2 (Measure passed Senate, amended) Amends the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to withdraw 70,000 acres of public lands in order that the Village Corporation for the Village of Klukwan may select 23,040 acres. Requires the Secretary to consult with the Secretary of Agriculture regarding the public lands to be withdrawn. 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z  
94-hr-14615 94 hr 14615 A bill to amend the act of December 15, 1971, relating to the Navajo Community College. Native Americans 1976-06-30 1976-06-30 Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. House Rep. Conlan, John B. [R-AZ-4] AZ R C000682 1 Authorizes appropriations for grants to the Navajo Community College for fiscal years 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, and 1982, of $10,000,000 for construction costs. Authorizes appropriations of an annual sum for operation and maintenance of the college equal to the average amount of the per capita contribution made by the Federal Government to the education of Indian students at federally operated institutions of the same type. 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z  
94-hr-14629 94 hr 14629 A bill to amend the Indian Claims Commission Act of August 13, 1946. Native Americans 1976-06-30 1976-06-30 Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. House Rep. Steed, Tom [D-OK-4] OK D S000829 0 Provides, under the Indian Claims Commission Act of 1946, that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Court of Claims: (1) shall review on the merits the determination of the Indian Claims Commission which adjudged that a specified Act effected a taking of the Black Hills portion of the Great Sioux Reservation; and (2) shall render judgement on any claims the Wichita Indian Tribe of Oklahoma have against the United States with respect to any lands or interests therein which were acquired from such tribe without payment of adequate compensation by the United States. 2024-08-01T19:32:39Z  
94-hr-14529 94 hr 14529 A bill to amend the act of December 15, 1971, relating to the Navajo Community College. Native Americans 1976-06-23 1976-06-23 Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. House Rep. Steiger, Sam [R-AZ-3] AZ R S000846 3 Authorizes appropriations for grants to the Navajo Community College for fiscal years 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, and 1982, of $10,000,000 for construction costs. Authorizes appropriations of an annual sum for operation and maintenance of the college equal to the average amount of the per capita contribution made by the Federal Government to the education of Indian students at federally operated institutions of the same type. 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z  
94-hr-14417 94 hr 14417 Indian Land Consolidation and Resources Inventory Act Native Americans 1976-06-16 1976-06-16 Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. House Rep. Meeds, Lloyd [D-WA-2] WA D M000626 3 Indian Land Consolidation and Resources Inventory Act - Title l: Tribal Land Consolidation - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, upon the request of an Indian tribe, to acquire lands within the boundaries of the requesting tribe's reservation for the purpose of consolidating tribal land holdings. Authorizes any tribe, pursuant to an approved land consolidation plan, to exchange or sell any tribal land or interests in land not needed or suitable for use by the tribe or so situated and located that it would be to the economic or social advantage of the tribe to sell or exchange the property. Permits any Indian tribe, by appropriate action of its governing body, to provide that no undivided fractional interest in trust lands, of an appraised value of $100 or more shall descend by intestacy but shall escheat to the tribe. Authorizes the purchase or exchange of undivided fractional interests in trust lands under specified circumstances. Title II: Tribal Inventory - Directs the Secretary, within 180 days of the enactment of this Act, to submit to the Congress and each Indian tribe a plan for the conduct of resource inventories of land and other natural resources of Indian tribes, and a timetable for carrying out such plan. Specifies that the Secretary shall not conduct any such inventory if the governing body of the tribe has notified the Secretary, in writing, that it does not wish an inventory to be made. 2025-09-02T18:49:16Z  
94-s-3561 94 s 3561 Repealer Act Native Americans 1976-06-14 1976-06-14 Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Senate Sen. Stone, Richard (Dick) [D-FL] FL D S000962 0 Repealer Act - Repeals obsolete and superseded provisions of specified laws relating to Indian tribes. 2025-09-02T18:52:28Z  
94-s-3558 94 s 3558 A bill to amend the Act of December 15, 1971, relating to the Navajo Community College. Native Americans 1976-06-11 1976-06-11 Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Senate Sen. Fannin, Paul J. [R-AZ] AZ R F000013 3 Authorizes appropriations for grants to the Navajo Community College for fiscal years 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, and 1982, of $10,000,000 for construction costs. Authorizes appropriations of an annual sum for operation and maintenance of the college equal to the average amount of the per capita contribution made by the Federal Government to the education of Indian students at federally operated institutions of the same type. 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z  
94-hr-14253 94 hr 14253 A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into an agreement with the Cherokee, Choctaw, and Chickasaw Indian Nations for the purchase or lease by the United States of each Nation's right and interests in the river bed of the Arkansas River. Native Americans 1976-06-08 1976-06-08 Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. House Rep. Risenhoover, Theodore M. [D-OK-2] OK D R000268 1 Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to enter into an agreement with the Cherokee, Choctaw, and Chickasaw Indian Nations for the purchase or lease by the United States of each nations' right and interests in the riverbed of the Arkansas River. Authorizes necessary appropriations to carry out this Act. 2024-08-01T19:32:21Z  
94-s-3525 94 s 3525 A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into an agreement with the Cherokee, Choctaw, and Chickasaw Indian Nations for the purchase and/or lease by the United States of each Nation's right and interests in the riverbed of the Arkansas River. Native Americans 1976-06-08 1976-06-08 Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Senate Sen. Bartlett, Dewey F. [R-OK] OK R B000200 1 Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to enter into an agreement with the Cherokee, Choctaw, and Chickasaw Indian Nations for the purchase or lease by the United States of each nation's right and interests in the riverbed of the Arkansas River. Authorizes appropriations of sums necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z  
94-s-3352 94 s 3352 A bill relating to the Tiwa Indian Pueblo of San Juan de Guadalupe, Tortugas, N. Mexico. Native Americans 1976-04-29 1976-04-29 Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Senate Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] NM R D000407 0 Designates the Indians now living in the pueblo of San Juan de Guadalupe, New Mexico, as the Tiwa Indians of San Juan de Guadalupe, Tortugas, New Mexico. Extends Federal recognition to such tribe. 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z  
94-s-3298 94 s 3298 Central Arizona Indian Tribal Water Rights Settlement Act Native Americans 1976-04-13 1976-04-13 Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Senate Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] MA D K000105 1 Central Arizona Indian Tribal Water Rights Settlement Act - Defines the term "Central Arizona Indian Tribes" as meaning the Ak Chin Indian Community, the Fort McDowell Mohave-Apache Community, the Gila River Indian Community, the Papago Tribe of Arizona, and the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. Title I: Water Resource Projects - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to undertake: (1) a ten year program to acquire a firm surface water supply on behalf of the Ak Chin Indian Community; (2) a five year program to acquire a firm surface water supply on behalf of the Fort McDowell Mohave-Apache Indian Community; (3) a ten year program to acquire a firm surface water supply on behalf of the Gila River Indian Community; (4) a ten year program to acquire a firm surface water supply on behalf of the Papago Tribe; and (5) a ten year program to acquire a firm surface water supply on behalf of the Salt River Pima- Maricopa Indian Community. Sets forth the amounts of water which shall be made available to each tribe for various purposes and projects. Grants the Secretary authority to undertake projects designed to maximize the amounts of water available from underground sources and available water distribution systems. Authorizes appropriations for the construction of water resource project facilities and irrigation distribution systems of $32,000,000 for fiscal year 1977, $28,000,000 for fiscal year 1978, $28,000,000 during fiscal year 1979, and $8,000,000 during each of the next seven fiscal years. Authorizes appropriations for loans to the Central Arizona Tribes of $12,000,000 for fiscal year 1977, $12,000,000 for fiscal year 1978, $12,000,000 for fiscal year 1979, and $6,000,000 for each of the next seven fiscal years. Title II: Acquisition of Water - Authorizes the Secretary to acquire, by purchase, exchange, or eminent domain proceedings, such private lands and such State water rights as he deems appropriate for the purpose of providing water to the Central Arizona Tribes. Prohibits the acquisition of wat… 2025-09-02T18:52:22Z  
94-hr-13059 94 hr 13059 A bill pertaining to the inheritance of trust or restricted lands on the Umatilla Indian Reservation. Native Americans 1976-04-06 1976-04-06 Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. House Rep. Ullman, Al [D-OR-2] OR D U000004 0 Sets forth provisions regulating inheritance of trust or restricted lands on the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon. States that when any Indian dies leaving any land interest not lawfully devised, it shall descend in equal shares to his or her children, and to the issue of any deceased child by right of representation. Specifies that the surviving spouse of any Indian who dies leaving any interest in trust or restricted land within the Umatilla Reservation shall be entitled to one-half of such land. Permits the spouse to elect such an interest whenever any Indian has devised an interest in land by an approved will. 2024-08-01T19:31:26Z  
94-s-3206 94 s 3206 A bill providing for the study of, and formulation of legislative proposals as to, the implementation of the transfer of mineral interests under the Northern Cheyenne Allotment Act, act of June 3, 1926 (44 Stat. 690), as amended. Native Americans 1976-03-25 1976-03-25 Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Senate Sen. Metcalf, Lee [D-MT] MT D M000671 1 Imposes a one- year moratorium on mineral leasing activities on lands within the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation in Montana in the event property rights to the minerals in such lands are found not to be vested in the tribe in perpetuity. Requires a legislative study during such time for the purpose of proposing suitable protective legislation based on the outcome of pending litigation. 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z  
94-hr-12645 94 hr 12645 A bill to extend the life of the Indian Claims Commission. Native Americans 1976-03-18 1976-03-18 Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. House Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] AK R Y000033 1 Terminates the existence of the Indian Claims Commission on September 30, 1978, or at such earlier time as the Commission has made its final report to Congress. Authorizes transfer of claims by the Commission to the United States Court of Claims in instances where pending claims can be handled more expeditiously by the Court. States that upon dissolution of the Commission, all pending cases shall be transferred to the Court for adjudication. 2024-08-01T19:31:10Z  
94-hr-12331 94 hr 12331 Indian Health Care Improvement Act Native Americans 1976-03-04 1976-03-04 Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. House Rep. Clausen, Don H. [R-CA-2] CA R C000475 11 Indian Health Care Improvement Act - Declares it the national policy to provide the highest possible health status to Indians and to provide existing Indian health services with all the necessary resources to effect such policy. Title I: Indian Health Manpower - Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to public or nonprofit private health or educational entities, Indian tribes, or tribal organizations for the purpose of: (1) identifying and assisting Indians with a potential for health education or training; and (2) publicizing existing sources of financial aid. Directs the Secretary to make preparatory scholarship grants to Indians who have successfully completed their high school education and have demonstrated the capability to successfully complete courses of study in health related professions. Directs the Secretary to make scholarship grants to individuals currently enrolled in some form of health school who agree to provide their professional services to Indians after completion of their training. Establishes means of recovering such grants if the scholarship recipient fails to comply with such agreement. Entitles scholarship recipients to employment in the Indian Health Service Extern Programs during any nonacademic period of the year. Permits the Secretary to provide continuing education allowances to health professionals in the Service to permit them to take leave of their duty stations for professional consultation and refresher training courses. Title II: Health Services - Authorizes the Secretary to expend specified sums for purposes of eliminating backlogged and unmet Indian health needs in the areas of patient care, field health, dental care, mental health, treatment and control of alcoholism, and maintenance and repair. Title III: Health Facilities - Authorizes the Secretary to expend specified sums to eliminate inadequate, outdated, and otherwise unsatisfactory service hospitals, health centers, health stations, and other facilities. Authorizes the Secret… 2025-09-02T18:48:13Z  
94-s-3088 94 s 3088 A bill to amend section 6 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (85 Stat. 688). Native Americans 1976-03-04 1976-03-04 Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Senate Sen. Metcalf, Lee [D-MT] MT D M000671 2 Amends the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to redesignate the periods during which specified sums are authorized to be appropriated to the Alaska Native Fund. 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z  
94-hr-12278 94 hr 12278 Indian Health Care Improvement Act Native Americans 1976-03-03 1976-03-03 Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. House Rep. Clausen, Don H. [R-CA-2] CA R C000475 0 Indian Health Care Improvement Act - Declares it the national policy to provide the highest possible health status to Indians and to provide existing Indian health services with all the necessary resources to effect such policy. Title I: Indian Health Manpower - Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to public or nonprofit private health or educational entities, Indian tribes, or tribal organizations for the purpose of: (1) identifying and assisting Indians with a potential for health education or training; and (2) publicizing existing sources of financial aid. Directs the Secretary to make preparatory scholarship grants to Indians who have successfully completed their high school education and have demonstrated the capability to successfully complete courses of study in health related professions. Directs the Secretary to make scholarship grants to individuals currently enrolled in some form of health school who agree to provide their professional services to Indians after completion of their training. Establishes means of recovering such grants if the scholarship recipient fails to comply with such agreement. Entitles scholarship recipients to employment in the Indian Health Service Extern Programs during any nonacademic period of the year. Permits the Secretary to provide continuing education allowances to health professionals in the Service to permit them to take leave of their duty stations for professional consultation and refresher training courses. Title II: Health Services - Authorizes the Secretary to expend specified sums for purposes of eliminating backlogged and unmet Indian health needs in the areas of patient care, field health, dental care, mental health, treatment and control of alcoholism, and maintenance and repair. Title III: Health Facilities - Authorizes the Secretary to expend specified sums to eliminate inadequate, outdated, and otherwise unsatisfactory service hospitals, health centers, health stations, and other facilities. Authorizes the Secret… 2025-09-02T18:48:09Z  
94-hr-12237 94 hr 12237 A bill to amend the act entitled "An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to arrange with States or Territories for the education, medical attention, relief of distress, and social welfare of Indians, and for other purposes," approved April 16, 1934 (48 Stat. 596; 25 U.S.C. 452 et seq.). Native Americans 1976-03-02 1976-03-02 Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. House Rep. Abdnor, James [R-SD-2] SD R A000009 0 Directs the Secretary of the Interior to enter into contracts to provide money to meet the general operating costs of public elementary and secondary schools which are located on or near Indian reservations and which are educating Indian children. Prohibits the Secretary from imposing an eligibility requirement that a number of Indian children in excess of 15 percent of the total enrollment must be enrolled in such school. States that the amount of money provided shall be equal to the amount needed by such school to provide education of good quality, taking into account the special costs associated with educating Indian children. Authorizes appropriations of sums necessary to carry out this Act. 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z  
94-hr-12003 94 hr 12003 A bill to declare that the United States holds in trust for the Pueblo of Santa Ana certain public domain lands. Native Americans 1976-02-19 1976-02-19 Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. House Rep. Lujan, Manuel, Jr. [R-NM-1] NM R L000506 0 States that the United States holds specified public domain lands in trust for the Pueblo of Santa Ana Indian tribe, New Mexico. 2024-08-01T19:30:39Z  
94-hr-12004 94 hr 12004 A bill to declare that the United States holds in trust for the Pueblo of Santa Ana certain public domain lands. Native Americans 1976-02-19 1976-02-19 Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. House Rep. Lujan, Manuel, Jr. [R-NM-1] NM R L000506 0 States that the United States holds specified public domain lands in trust for the Pueblo of Santa Ana Indian tribe, New Mexico. 2024-08-01T19:30:39Z  
94-hr-12005 94 hr 12005 A bill to declare that the United States holds in trust for the Pueblo of Santa Ana certain public domain lands. Native Americans 1976-02-19 1976-02-19 Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. House Rep. Lujan, Manuel, Jr. [R-NM-1] NM R L000506 0 States that the United States holds specified public lands in trust for the Pueblo of Santa Ana Indian tribe, New Mexico. 2024-08-01T19:30:39Z  
94-hr-12009 94 hr 12009 A bill for the relief of innocent victims of the occupation of Wounded Knee. Native Americans 1976-02-19 1976-02-19 Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. House Rep. Smith, Virginia [R-NE-3] NE R S000622 0 Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay a specified sum to innocent victims of the occupation of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, in full settlement of their claims against the United States for loss of life, personal injuries, and damage to their real and personal property which occurred between February 27, 1973, and May 8, 1973. 2024-08-01T19:30:35Z  
94-hr-11909 94 hr 11909 A bill to authorize appropriations for the Indian Claims Commission for fiscal year 1977. Native Americans 1976-02-17 1976-08-03 Measure laid on table in House, S. 2981 passed in lieu. House Rep. Meeds, Lloyd [D-WA-2] WA D M000626 1 (Measure passed House, amended, roll call #597 (374-13)) Authorizes the appropriations of $1,650,000 for fiscal year 1977 to carry out the provisions of the Indian Claims Commission Act. 2024-08-01T19:30:39Z  
94-s-2968 94 s 2968 Indian Tribal Restoration Act Native Americans 1976-02-17 1976-02-17 Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Senate Sen. Bartlett, Dewey F. [R-OK] OK R B000200 2 Indian Tribal Restoration Act - Extends Federal recognition to the Wyandotte Indian Tribe of Oklahoma, the Ottawa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma, and the Peoria Indian Tribe of Oklahoma. Reinstates all rights and privileges of such tribes under Federal treaty, statute, or otherwise which may have been diminished or lost under previous legislative enactments. Extends recognition to the Modoc Indian Tribe of Oklahoma. 2025-09-02T18:52:09Z  
94-s-2981 94 s 2981 An Act to authorize appropriations for the Indian Claims Commission for fiscal year 1977, and for other purposes. Native Americans 1976-02-17 1976-10-08 Public law 94-465. Senate Sen. Jackson, Henry M. [D-WA] WA D J000013 1 (Conference report filed in Senate, S. Rept. 94-1313) Authorizes appropriation of $1,650,000 for fiscal year 1977 to carry out the provisions of the Indian Claims Commission Act. Extends the life of the Indian Claims Commission to September 30, 1978. Authorizes the Indian Claims Commission no later than December 31, 1976, to certify and transfer to the Court of Claims all cases which the Commission determines it cannot completely adjudicate by September 30, 1978. Directs the Commission on the first day of the 95th Congress to submit a report to the House and Senate Committees on Interior and Insular Affairs and each six months thereafter on the progress made and the work remaining to be done by the Commission. 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z  
94-sjres-170 94 sjres 170 A joint resolution to authorize and direct the Indian Claims Commission to determine the amount of the claim of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma and render final judgment thereon. Native Americans 1976-02-17 1976-02-17 Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Senate Sen. Bartlett, Dewey F. [R-OK] OK R B000200 0 Directs the Indian Claims Commission to determine the value of the property interests of which the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma was deprived as a result of specified legislation and to enter a final judgement in accordance with the provisions of the Indian Claims Commission Act, including all rights of appeal therein provided. 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z  
94-s-2907 94 s 2907 A bill for the relief of innocent victims of the occupation of Wounded Knee, South Dakota. Native Americans 1976-01-30 1976-01-30 Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Senate Sen. McGovern, George [D-SD] SD D M000452 4 Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay a specified sum to innocent victims of the occupation of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, in full settlement of their claims against the United States for loss of life, personal injuries, and damages to their real and personal property which occurred between February 27, 1973, and May 8, 1973. 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z  
94-s-2900 94 s 2900 A bill to liquidate the liability of the United States for the massacre of Sioux Indian men, women, and children at Wounded Knee on December 29, 1890. Native Americans 1976-01-29 1976-01-29 Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Senate Sen. Abourezk, James [D-SD] SD D A000017 0 Authorizes the payment of compensation at a rate of $3,000 for each person who suffered wounds or other bodily injury in the massacre of Sioux Indians at Wounded Knee Creek on December 29, 1880. Provides for a payment to any injured individual or to the heirs of any such injured individual. Authorizes the payment of $3,000 for each Sioux Indian man, woman, or child who died in such massacre to be paid to the heirs of such deceased Indian. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to report to the Congress on the Indians killed or wounded at such massacre. 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z  
94-s-2882 94 s 2882 A bill to authorize certain financial assistance to Haskell Indian Junior College, Lawrence, Kansas. Native Americans 1976-01-28 1976-01-28 Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. Senate Sen. Pearson, James B. [R-KS] KS R P000166 0 Authorizes Federal assistance to Haskell Indian Junior College at Lawrence, Kansas, under the Higher Education Act of 1965 and under other Federal programs benefiting institutions of higher education. 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z  
94-s-2883 94 s 2883 A bill to provide for per capita payments to persons of Southern Paiute lineal descent who were not participants under the Act of October 17, 1965, (82 Stat. 1147), providing for the disposition of funds appropriated to pay a judgement in favor of the Southern Paiute Nation of Indians in Indian Claims Commission Dockets numbered 88, 330, 330-A. Native Americans 1976-01-28 1976-01-28 Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Senate Sen. Moss, Frank E. [D-UT] UT D M001033 0 Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to compensate specified Indians of the Southern Paiute tribe who did not participate in a disposition of funds under an earlier Indian Claims Commission judgment. Requires a report to the Congress on the number of individuals compensated under this Act. Authorizes the appropriation of necessary sums to carry out this Act. 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z  
94-hr-11530 94 hr 11530 A bill to permit the Soboba Band of Mission Indians to participate in the Indian sanitation facilities and services program on the same basis as other federally recognized Indian groups. Native Americans 1976-01-27 1976-01-27 Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. House Rep. Pettis, Shirley N. [R-CA-37] CA R P000273 0 Stipulates that the Soboba Band of Mission Indians and the Soboba Indian Reservation may be provided with sanitation facilities and services. 2024-08-01T19:30:22Z  
94-hr-11220 94 hr 11220 Indian Postsecondary Educational Assistance Act Native Americans 1975-12-17 1975-12-17 Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. House Rep. Abdnor, James [R-SD-2] SD R A000009 0 Indian Postsecondary Educational Assistance Act - Makes it the purpose of this Act to provide grants for the development and improvement of Indian community colleges designed to insure continued and expanded opportunities for Indian students in postsecondary study. Allows the Secretary of the Interior to make grants to Indian community colleges up to September 30, 1981. Authorizes the Secretary to assist in planning and developing feasibility studies and to provide funds for the start and maintenance of such colleges. Directs the Secretary to establish procedures to insure all such grants are properly identified and are not used for other purposes. States that the Secretary shall establish procedures to insure equitable annual funding for maintenance and operation of Indian controlled colleges. Authorizes appropriations not less than the average of the per capita cost contributed by the Federal Government for operation of Bureau of Indian Affairs junior colleges and postsecondary training schools to carry out the provisions of this Act. 2025-09-02T18:47:44Z  
94-hr-11221 94 hr 11221 Siletz Restoration Act Native Americans 1975-12-17 1975-12-17 Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. House Rep. AuCoin, Les [D-OR-1] OR D A000337 2 Siletz Restoration Act - Terminates Federal supervision over the property and members of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon. Extends to the Siletz Indians Federal recognition as a sovereign Indian tribe. Restores to the Siletz Indians those Federal services and benefits furnished to federally recognized American tribes. Declares that the membership roll of the tribe published in the Federal Register on July 12, 1956, is open. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to make current such roll including all persons entitled to be in the roll of July 12, 1956, but were not and any descendent of an enrollee who possesses at least one-fourth degree of Siletz Indian blood. Establishes procedures for the election of a Siletz Interim Council which shall act as the interim tribal governing body until the election of tribal officers. Declares that such Council shall draft a constitution and by laws for the tribe to be voted on by those on the current membership roll. States that within 120 days of the adoption of such constitution the Council shall conduct an election by secret ballot to determine those individuals who will serve as tribal officers as provided by the constitution. Directs the Secretary to negotiate with the Siletz Interim Council to develop a plan for the assumption of land and other assets of the tribe and to submit such plan to Congress. Provides that if neither House of Congress has passed a resolution of disapproval within 60 days the Secretary shall accept such land and other assets of the tribe pursuant to such plan. Subjects all land and assets so transferred to any valid existing rights including any outstanding taxes, liens, mortgages or other obligations. Provides that such lands and assets are subject to foreclosure or sale pursuant to the terms of any valid existing obligation in accordance with the laws of Oregon. Declares that the land transferred shall be held in trust for the tribe and shall be their reservation. Exempts such transfers of land and other assets from all … 2025-09-02T18:47:42Z  
94-s-2801 94 s 2801 Siletz Restoration Act Native Americans 1975-12-17 1975-12-17 Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Senate Sen. Hatfield, Mark O. [R-OR] OR R H000343 3 Siletz Restoration Act - Terminates Federal supervision over the property and members of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon. Extends to the Siletz Indians Federal recognition as a sovereign Indian tribe. Restores to the Siletz Indians those Federal services and benefits furnished to federally recognized American tribes. Declares that the membership roll of the tribe published in the Federal Register on July 12, 1956, is open. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to make current such roll including all persons entitled to be in the roll of July 12, 1956, but were not and any descendent of an enrollee who possesses at least one-fourth degree of Siletz Indian blood. Establishes procedures for the election of a Siletz Interim Council which shall act as the interim tribal governing body until the election of tribal officers. Declares that such Council shall draft a constitution and by-laws for the tribe to be voted on by those on the current membership roll. States that within 120 days of the adoption of such constitution the Council shall conduct an election by secret ballot to determine those individuals who will serve as tribal officers as provided by the constitution. Directs the Secretary to negotiate with the Siletz Interim Council to develop a plan for the assumption of land and other assets of the tribe and to submit such plan to Congress. Provides that if neither House of Congress has passed a resolution of disapproval within 60 days the Secretary shall accept such land and other assets of the tribe pursuant to such plan. Subjects all land and assets so transferred to any valid existing rights including any outstanding taxes, liens, mortgages or any other obligation. Provides that such lands and assets are subject to foreclosure or sale pursuant to the terms of any valid existing obligation in accordance with the laws of Oregon. Declares that the land transferred shall be held in trust for the tribe and shall be their reservation. Exempts such transfers of land and other assets from a… 2025-09-02T18:52:03Z  
94-s-2780 94 s 2780 A bill to amend the Indian Claims Commission Act of August 13, 1946. Native Americans 1975-12-12 1976-08-02 Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Senate Sen. Abourezk, James [D-SD] SD D A000017 0 (Reported to Senate from the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs with amendment, S. Rept. 94-1042) Directs the Court of Claims, upon application by claimants of the Sioux Nation, to review on the merits the Indian Claims Commission's February 15, 1974, determination that the Black Hills were taken by the United States in violation of the fifth amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Waives the defenses of res judicata and collateral estoppel with respect to such claim. Grants the Court of Claims jurisdiction to render judgment for claims the Wichita Indian Tribe of Oklahoma and affiliated groups have against the United States for lands acquired from the tribe without adequate compensation. Waives the defenses of res judicata, collateral estoppel, and failure to exhaust administrative remedies. Authorizes either party to petition the U.S. Supreme Court for certiorari. 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z  
94-hr-11018 94 hr 11018 Modoc, Wyandotte, Peoria and Ottawa Restoration Act Native Americans 1975-12-04 1975-12-04 Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. House Rep. Risenhoover, Theodore M. [D-OK-2] OK D R000268 0 Modoc, Wyandotte, Peoria and Ottawa Restoration Act - Reinstates the Modoc, Wyandotte, Peoria, and Ottawa Indian Tribes of Oklahoma as federally supervised and recognized Indian tribes. Entitles such Indian tribes to specified rights and privileges. Opens membership rolls of such tribes to make tribal membership possible for applicable persons under the supervision of the Secretary of the Interior. 2025-09-02T18:47:36Z  
94-hr-10720 94 hr 10720 A bill to amend the Menominee Restoration Act. Native Americans 1975-11-12 1975-11-12 Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. House Rep. Cornell, Robert J. [D-WI-8] WI D C000782 1 Provides that members of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin shall be considered Indians for which hospital and medical care was being provided by or at the expense of the Public Health Service since August 16, 1957, for purposes of any legislation. 2024-08-01T19:29:44Z  
94-hr-10626 94 hr 10626 A bill to amend the Menominee Restoration Act. Native Americans 1975-11-07 1975-11-07 Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. House Rep. Cornell, Robert J. [D-WI-8] WI D C000782 0 Provides that members of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin shall be considered Indians for which hospital and medical care was being provided by or at the expense of the Public Health Service since August 16, 1957, for purposes of any legislation. 2024-08-01T19:29:35Z  
94-s-2634 94 s 2634 Indian Postsecondary Educational Assistance Act Native Americans 1975-11-06 1975-11-06 Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Senate Sen. Abourezk, James [D-SD] SD D A000017 1 Indian Postsecondary Educational Assistance Act - Makes it the purpose of this Act to provide grants for the development and improvement of Indian community colleges designed to insure continued and expanded opportunities for Indian students in postsecondary study. Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to make grants to Indian community colleges up to September 30, 1981. Specifies the uses of funds granted under this Act. Authorizes the appropriation of $75,000,000 without fiscal year limitation through fiscal year 1981 to carry out this Act. 2025-09-02T18:51:57Z  
94-hjres-710 94 hjres 710 Joint resolution to authorize and direct the Indian Claims Commission to determine the amount of a claim of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma and to render final judgment thereon. Native Americans 1975-10-29 1975-10-29 Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. House Rep. Steed, Tom [D-OK-4] OK D S000829 0 Directs the Indian Claims Commission to determine the value of property interests of which the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma was deprived as a result of Federal legislation and to render final judgment thereon. 2024-08-01T19:21:59Z  
94-s-2581 94 s 2581 A bill to amend the Menominee Restoration Act. Native Americans 1975-10-28 1975-11-04 Rereferred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Senate Sen. Nelson, Gaylord [D-WI] WI D N000033 4 Provides that members of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin shall be considered Indians for which hospital and medical care was being provided by or at the expense of the Public Health Service since August 16, 1957, for purposes of any legislation. 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z  
94-s-2552 94 s 2552 A bill pertaining to the inheritance of enrolled members of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation of Oregon. Native Americans 1975-10-22 1975-10-22 Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Senate Sen. Hatfield, Mark O. [R-OR] OR R H000343 1 States that a person not an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation of Oregon shall not be entitled to receive by devise or inheritance any interest in trust or restricted lands within the Umatilla Indian Reservation or within the area ceded by the treaty of June 9, 1855, if, while the decedent's estate is pending before the Examiner of Inheritance, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation of Oregon pay to the Secretary of the Interior, the fair market value of the lands as determined by the Secretary. 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z  
94-s-2553 94 s 2553 A bill pertaining to land consolidation and development on the Umatilla Indian Reservation. Native Americans 1975-10-22 1975-10-22 Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Senate Sen. Hatfield, Mark O. [R-OR] OR R H000343 1 Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to use specified means to effect the consolidation of land within the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon, into the ownership of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation and to attain and preserve an economic land base for Indian use. Provides that lands acquired pursuant to this Act shall not be taxable and shall be subject to the same laws as other Indian trust lands within the Umatilla Reservation. Allows for the acquisition, sale, or exchange of lands, upon the request of the Board of Trustees of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation, for any purpose consistent with the land consolidation and development program approved by the Secretary of the Interior for such lands. 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z  
94-hr-9919 94 hr 9919 Indian Health Care Improvement Act Native Americans 1975-09-30 1975-09-30 Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. House Rep. Rhodes, John J. [R-AZ-1] AZ R R000188 1 Indian Health Care Improvement Act - States that the Congress declares that it is the policy of this Nation, in fulfillment of its special responsibilities and legal obligation to the American Indian people, to meet the national goal of providing the highest possible health status to Indians and to provide existing Indian health services with all resources necessary to effect that policy. Defines the terms used in this Act. Title I: Indian Health Manpower - Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare acting through the Indian Health Service, to make grants to public or nonprofit private health or educational entities or Indian tribes or tribal organizations to assist such entities in meeting the costs of: (1) identifying Indians with a potential for education or training in the health professions and encouraging and assisting them; (2) publicizing existing sources of financial aid available to Indians enrolled in any medical or health-related school referred to in this Act or who are undertaking training necessary to qualify them to enroll in any such school; or (3) establishing other programs which the Secretary determines will enhance and facilitate the enrollment of Indians, and the subsequent pursuit and completion by them of courses of study, in any school referred to in this Act. Authorizes to be appropraited specified sums for each of the seven fiscal years commencing with that of 1977 for payment of such grants. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Service, to make scholarship grants for up to two years to Indians who: (1) have successfully completed their high school education or high school equivalency; and (2) have demonstrated the capability to successfully complete courses of study in schools of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry, podiatry, pharmacy, public health, nursing, or allied health professions. Authorizes appropriations for scholarship grants of $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1977; $2,500,000 for fiscal year 1978; and similar sums through fiscal … 2025-09-02T18:47:03Z  
94-s-2384 94 s 2384 A bill pertaining to land conveyances to the regional corporation for the Southeast Alaska Region and the Kodiak Island Region pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. Native Americans 1975-09-19 1975-09-19 Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Senate Sen. Gravel, Mike [D-AK] AK D G000388 0 Provides for the conveyance of specified lands to the Regional Corporations for the Southeast Alaska Region and the Kodiak Island Region pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. Grants rights to the subsurface estate therein to the Koniag, Incorporated, Regional Corporation. Permits Koniag, Incorporated, to conduct prospecting and mining operations on its land notwithstanding the future inclusion of such land in a national monument. 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z  
94-s-2362 94 s 2362 A bill relating to certain business transactions carried out within the exterior boundaries of Indian reservations. Native Americans 1975-09-17 1975-09-17 Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Senate Sen. Abourezk, James [D-SD] SD D A000017 0 Exempts specified business transactions carried out within the exterior boundaries of Indian reservations from State transaction taxes, State use taxes, State transfer taxes, State sales taxes, and State licence fees, under conditions set forth in this Act. 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z  
94-s-2333 94 s 2333 A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to transfer franchise fees received from certain concession operations at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, in the States of Arizona and Utah. Native Americans 1975-09-11 1975-09-11 Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Senate Sen. Jackson, Henry M. [D-WA] WA D J000013 1 Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to transfer franchise fees received from specified concession operations at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, in the States of Arizona and Utah, to the Navajo tribe in consideration of continued agreement by the tribe to the use for anchoring such operations transferred to the United States from the Navajo Indian Reservation. 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z  
94-hr-9481 94 hr 9481 Indian Health Care Improvement Act Native Americans 1975-09-09 1975-09-09 Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. House Rep. Rhodes, John J. [R-AZ-1] AZ R R000188 3 Indian Health Care Improvement Act - States that the Congress declares that it is the policy of this Nation, in fulfillment of its special responsibilities and legal obligation to the American Indian people, to meet the national goal of providing the highest possible health status to Indians and to provide existing Indian health services with all resources necessary to effect that policy. Defines the terms used in this Act. Title I: Indian Health Manpower - Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare acting through the Indian Health Service, to make grants to public or nonprofit private health or educational entities or Indian tribes or tribal organizations to assist such entities in meeting the costs of: (1) identifying Indians with a potential for education or training in the health professions and encouraging and assisting them; (2) publicizing existing sources of financial aid available to Indians enrolled in any medical or health-related school referred to in this Act or who are undertaking training necessary to qualify them to enroll in any such school; or (3) establishing other programs which the Secretary determines will enhance and facilitate the enrollment of Indians, and the subsequent pursuit and completion by them of courses of study, in any school referred to in this Act. Authorizes to be appropraited specified sums for each of the seven fiscal years commencing with that of 1977 for payment of such grants. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Service, to make scholarship grants for up to two years to Indians who: (1) have successfully completed their high school education or high school equivalency; and (2) have demonstrated the capability to successfully complete courses of study in schools of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry, podiatry, pharmacy, public health, nursing, or allied health professions. Authorizes appropriations for scholarship grants of $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1977; $2,500,000 for fiscal year 1978; and similar sums through fiscal … 2025-09-02T18:46:52Z  
94-hr-9130 94 hr 9130 Indian Health Care Improvement Act Native Americans 1975-07-31 1975-07-31 Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. House Rep. Rhodes, John J. [R-AZ-1] AZ R R000188 21 Indian Health Care Improvement Act - States that the Congress declares that it is the policy of this Nation, in fulfillment of its special responsibilities and legal obligation to the American Indian people, to meet the national goal of providing the highest possible health status to Indians and to provide existing Indian health services with all resources necessary to effect that policy. Defines the terms used in this Act. Title I: Indian Health Manpower - Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare acting through the Indian Health Service, to make grants to public or nonprofit private health or educational entities or Indian tribes or tribal organizations to assist such entities in meeting the costs of: (1) identifying Indians with a potential for education or training in the health professions and encouraging and assisting them; (2) publicizing existing sources of financial aid available to Indians enrolled in any medical or health-related school referred to in this Act or who are undertaking training necessary to qualify them to enroll in any such school; or (3) establishing other programs which the Secretary determines will enhance and facilitate the enrollment of Indians, and the subsequent pursuit and completion by them of courses of study, in any school referred to in this Act. Authorizes to be appropraited specified sums for each of the seven fiscal years commencing with that of 1977 for payment of such grants. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Service, to make scholarship grants for up to two years to Indians who: (1) have successfully completed their high school education or high school equivalency; and (2) have demonstrated the capability to successfully complete courses of study in schools of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry, podiatry, pharmacy, public health, nursing, or allied health professions. Authorizes appropriations for scholarship grants of $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1977; $2,500,000 for fiscal year 1978; and similar sums through fiscal … 2025-09-02T18:46:45Z  
94-s-2129 94 s 2129 Indian Crimes Act of 1976 Native Americans 1975-07-16 1976-05-29 Public law 94-297. Senate Sen. Fannin, Paul J. [R-AZ] AZ R F000013 2 (Reported to House from the Committee on the Judiciary with amendment, H. Rept. 94-1038) Indian Crimes Act - Stipulates that Indians committing specified crimes within Indian country shall be subject to the same laws and penalties as all other persons committing such crimes within the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States, except that any such offenses not defined and punishable by Federal law shall be defined and punished by the laws of the State in which such offense was committed. Provides that any person committing assault resulting in serious bodily injury within the maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States shall be fined not more than $10,000, or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both. Adds kidnapping to the list of crimes covered under the Indian Major Crimes Act. Provides that all Indians committing any offense punishable under provisions of title 18, United States Code, relating to offenses committed within Indian country of such title shall be tried in the same courts and in the same manner as are all other persons committing such offense within the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States. 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z  
94-hr-8533 94 hr 8533 A bill to declare that title to certain lands in the State of New Mexico are held in trust by the United States for the Ramah Band of the Navajo Tribe. Native Americans 1975-07-10 1975-07-10 Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. House Rep. Runnels, Harold L. [D-NM-2] NM D R000510 0 Stipulates that title to specified lands in the State of New Mexico are held in trust by the United States for the Ramah Band of the Navajo Tribe. 2024-08-01T19:28:04Z  
94-hr-8536 94 hr 8536 A bill to establish within the Department of the Interior the position of an additional Assistant Secretary of the Interior, and for other purposes. Native Americans 1975-07-10 1975-07-10 Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. House Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] AK R Y000033 0 Establishes within the Department of the Interior an additional Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs to be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Sets forth changes to existing laws as required by the replacement of the position of Commissioner of Indian Affairs by the position of Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs. 2024-08-01T19:28:04Z  
94-s-2072 94 s 2072 A bill to declare that title to certain lands in the State of New Mexico are held in trust by the United States for the Ramah Band of the Navajo Tribe. Native Americans 1975-07-09 1975-07-09 Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Senate Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] NM R D000407 0 Stipulates that title to specified lands in the State of New Mexico are held in trust by the United States for the Ramah Band of the Navajo Tribe. 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z  
94-hr-8433 94 hr 8433 A bill to amend the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 to extend the coverage of certain manpower programs contained in such act to native Hawaiians. Native Americans 1975-07-08 1975-07-08 Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. House Rep. Mink, Patsy T. [D-HI-2] HI D M000797 0 Extends, under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973, the coverage of specified manpower programs contained in such Act to native Hawaiians. 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z  
94-hr-8084 94 hr 8084 A bill to provide for the disposition of funds appropriated to pay judgements in favor of the Sac and Fox Indians in Indian Claims Commission dockets 153 and 135. Native Americans 1975-06-20 1975-06-20 Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. House Rep. Keys, Martha E. [D-KS-2] KS D K000162 0 Prescribes the method of distributing funds previously appropriated to pay specified Indian Claims Commission judgements to the Sac and Fox Nation, consisting of tribe members in Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska. 2024-08-01T19:27:40Z  
94-s-1953 94 s 1953 A bill to provide for the disposition of funds appropriated to pay judgments in favor of the Sac and Fox Indians in Indian Claims Commission Dockets 153 and 135. Native Americans 1975-06-17 1975-06-17 Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Senate Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS] KS R D000401 1 Authorizes the disposition of funds appropriated to pay judgments in favor of the Sac and Fox Indians in specified Indian Claims Commission dockets. Sets forth distribution requirements for such funds. 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z  
94-hr-7852 94 hr 7852 Indian Health Care Improvement Act Native Americans 1975-06-12 1975-06-12 Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. House Rep. Rhodes, John J. [R-AZ-1] AZ R R000188 3 Indian Health Care Improvement Act - States that the Congress declares that it is the policy of this Nation, in fulfillment of its special responsibilities and legal obligation to the American Indian people, to meet the national goal of providing the highest possible health status to Indians and to provide existing Indian health services with all resources necessary to effect that policy. Defines the terms used in this Act. Title I: Indian Health Manpower - Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare acting through the Indian Health Service, to make grants to public or nonprofit private health or educational entities or Indian tribes or tribal organizations to assist such entities in meeting the costs of: (1) identifying Indians with a potential for education or training in the health professions and encouraging and assisting them; (2) publicizing existing sources of financial aid available to Indians enrolled in any medical or health-related school referred to in this Act or who are undertaking training necessary to qualify them to enroll in any such school; or (3) establishing other programs which the Secretary determines will enhance and facilitate the enrollment of Indians, and the subsequent pursuit and completion by them of courses of study, in any school referred to in this Act. Authorizes to be appropraited specified sums for each of the seven fiscal years commencing with that of 1977 for payment of such grants. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Service, to make scholarship grants for up to two years to Indians who: (1) have successfully completed their high school education or high school equivalency; and (2) have demonstrated the capability to successfully complete courses of study in schools of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry, podiatry, pharmacy, public health, nursing, or allied health professions. Authorizes appropriations for scholarship grants of $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1977; $2,500,000 for fiscal year 1978; and similar sums through fiscal … 2025-09-02T18:46:04Z  
94-hr-7763 94 hr 7763 Land Use and Resource Conservation Act Native Americans 1975-06-10 1975-06-10 Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. House Rep. Meeds, Lloyd [D-WA-2] WA D M000626 0 Land Use and Resource Covservation Act - Title I: Findings, Policy, Definitions - Sets forth the findings of Congress that there is a national interest in effective land use decision making in order to promote the general welfare, to secure a wise and balanced allocation of resources, to provide for the protection and enhancement of the environment, and to conserve energy. States that it is the policy of the Federal Government, in cooperation with the States, to encourage and support the establishment of effective land use planning and management programs which will assure that the lands in the Nation are used in ways that create and maintain conditions under which man and nature can exist in productive harmony. Defines the terms used in this Act. Defines "areas of critical State concern" as meaning areas on non-Federal lands which the State determines to be of more than local concern in view of the significant damage to life, property, the quality of the environment, or the long-term public interest which could occur from uncontrolled or incompatible development. Title II: Federal Grants for State and Indian Land Use Programs - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to make annual grants to assist the States in the development and administration of a land use program. States that initial grants may be made as soon as the State has established a State land use planning agency and an advisory council which participates in the development of the State land use program and consults, reviews, and and comments on the State land use program. Authorizes the Secretary to make additional grants to the States for developing procedures to simplify the processing of permits, licenses and other governmental decisions which are prerequisites to proposed development activities. Provides appeal procedures for States which the Secretary has determined are ineligible for grants. States that in implementing its land use program, a State may utilize (1) direct State land use planning and regulation, (2) action by local gov… 2025-09-02T18:46:04Z  
94-hr-7628 94 hr 7628 A bill to provide for the return to the former owners of certain formal tribal lands acquired in connection with the Garrison Dam Reservoir project. Native Americans 1975-06-05 1976-01-29 Rereferred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. House Rep. Andrews, Mark [R-ND-At Large] ND R A000208 0 Provides that approximately 418 acres, needed by the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota, and not needed for the purposes of the Garrison Dam project, are hereby restored to the tribal ownership of the Three Affiliated Tribes. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act. 2024-08-01T19:27:21Z  
94-hr-7592 94 hr 7592 A bill to provide for the definition and punishment of certain crimes in accordance with the Federal laws in force within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States when said crimes are committed by an Indian in order to insure equal treatment for Indian and non-Indian offenders. Native Americans 1975-06-04 1975-06-04 Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. House Rep. Rodino, Peter W., Jr. [D-NJ-10] NJ D R000374 1 Stipulates that Indians committing specified crimes within Indian country shall be subject to the same laws and penalties as all other persons committing such crimes within the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States, except that any such offenses not defined and punishable by Federal law shall be defined and punished by the laws of the State in which such offense was committed. Provides that any person committing assault resulting in serious bodily injury within the maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States shall be fined not more than $10,000, or imprisonment not more than ten years, or both. 2024-08-01T19:27:16Z  
94-s-1823 94 s 1823 A bill to provide for the disposition of funds appropriated to pay judgments in favor of the Sac and Fox Indians in Indian Claims Commission Dockets 219, 153, and 135. Native Americans 1975-05-22 1975-12-19 Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate (Provisions inserted in H.R. 4016 as passed Senate). Senate Sen. Bartlett, Dewey F. [R-OK] OK R B000200 1 (Reported to Senate from the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs with amendment, S. Rept. 94-555) Prescribes the method of distributing funds previously appropriated to pay specified Indian Claims Commission judgments to the Sac and Fox Tribe of Oklahoma, the Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa, and the Sac and Fox Tribe of the Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska. States that none of the funds distributed or held in trust under this Act shall be subject to Federal or State income taxes or be considered as the basis for denying or reducing the financial assistance or benefits due under any Federal or federally-assisted program. 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z  
94-hr-7151 94 hr 7151 Indian Art and Cultural Center Act Native Americans 1975-05-20 1975-05-20 Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. House Rep. Roncalio, Teno [D-WY-At Large] WY D R000421 0 Indian Art and Cultural Center Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to make grants to construct and operate an Indian Cultural Center in Riverton, Wyoming, at Central Wyoming College. Requires that such facilities shall be designed and operated to insure that the Shoshone and Arapahoe Indians have educational opportunities suited to their unique needs and interests. Authorizes the appropriation of up to $1,100,000 for grants for the construction and first year maintenance of the Center. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary for each succeeding fiscal year for the purpose of making grants under this Act. 2025-09-02T18:45:49Z  
94-hjres-459 94 hjres 459 Joint resolution to authorize the return of the remains of Pocahontas to the United States and the establishment of an appropriate memorial commemorating her place in American history. Native Americans 1975-05-14 1975-05-14 Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. House Rep. Whitehurst, G. William [R-VA-2] VA R W000406 0 Authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Interior to bring the remains of Pocahontas back to the Jamestown area of Virginia. Directs the Secretary upon consultation with American Indian Organizations to establish a memorial commemorating her place in American History. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as necessary to carry out the provisions of this joint resolution. 2024-08-01T19:21:50Z  
94-hr-6973 94 hr 6973 A bill to provide under or by amendment of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, for the late enrollment of an escrow account for the proceeds of certain lands, the treatment of certain payments and grants, and the consolidation of existing regional corporations. Native Americans 1975-05-14 1975-05-14 Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. House Rep. Meeds, Lloyd [D-WA-2] WA D M000626 0 Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to enroll specified Alaskan Natives for benefits under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. Directs the Secretary to deposit in the Treasury of the United States escrow account proceeds derived from contracts, leases, permits, rights-of-way or easements pertaining to lands or resources of lands withdrawn for Native selection pursuant to the Settlement Act. States that in determining the eligibility of any household to participate in the food stamp program, any compensation, remuneration, revenue, or other benefit received by any member of such household under the Settlement Act, in connection with an aboriginal land claim of such person, shall be disregarded. Extends the life of the Joint Federal-State Land Use Planning Commission for Alaska an additional 2 1/2 years, to June 30, 1979. Establishes a thirteenth region for the benefit of Natives who are not permanent residents of the State of Alaska. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to, within 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, enroll therein every eligible nonresident Native who elected in favor of a thirteenth region on his enrollment application. Establishes procedures for the formation of a corporation for such region. Directs the Secretary to immediately establish an interest-paying special fund for the benefit of the Natives to be enrolled in the thirteenth region pursuant to this Act, the proceeds of which shall be transferred with interest to the Thirteenth Regional Corporation upon the installation of the Board of Directors provided for by this Act. Directs the Secretary to pay into that Special Fund any and all moneys in the Alaska Native Fund until the amount of $7,000,000 is paid into the Special Fund. 2024-08-01T19:26:57Z  
94-s-1725 94 s 1725 A bill to establish the Chickwaw National Recreation Area in the State of Oklahoma, and for other purposes. Native Americans 1975-05-13 1975-05-13 Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Mondale, Walter F. [D-MN] MN D M000851 1 Establishes the Chickasaw National Recreation Area in Oklahoma and outlines the boundaries for such area. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire lands within the boundaries of the recreation area by donation, purchase or exchange. Permits the Secretary to specify the type of activity to occur on such lands. Authorizes necessary appropriations to carry out the provisions fo this Act. 2024-08-01T19:35:52Z  
94-hr-6879 94 hr 6879 A bill authorizing the President to proclaim the fourth Friday in September of every year as Native American Indian Day. Native Americans 1975-05-12 1975-05-12 Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. House Rep. Melcher, John [D-MT-2] MT D M000635 0 Authorizes the President to proclaim the fourth Friday in September of every year as Native American Indian Day. 2024-08-01T19:26:56Z  
94-hr-6774 94 hr 6774 A bill to amend the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 to make native Hawaiians eligible for assistance under certain programs established by such act. Native Americans 1975-05-07 1975-05-07 Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. House Rep. Matsunaga, Spark M. [D-HI-1] HI D M000250 0 Makes native Hawaiians eligible for assistance under the Indian manpower programs established by the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973. Changes the name of such programs to the "Native American manpower programs." 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z  
94-s-1659 94 s 1659 A bill to provide for the disposition of funds appropriated to pay a judgment in favor of the Grand River Band of Ottawa Indians in Indian Claims Commission Docket numbered 40-K, and for other purposes. Native Americans 1975-05-06 1976-10-18 Public law 94-540. Senate Sen. Hart, Philip A. [D-MI] MI D H000291 1 (Reported to Senate from the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs with amendment, S. Rept. 94-577) Provides for the disposition of funds appropriated to pay a judgment in favor or the Grand River Band of Ottawa Indians of Michigan in Indian Claims Commission docket numbered 40-K. States that none of the funds distributed or held in trust under this Act shall be subject to Federal or State income taxes or be considered as the basis for denying or reducing financial assistance or benefits due under any Federal or federally-assisted program. 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z  
94-hr-6644 94 hr 6644 A bill to provide, under or by amendment of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, for the late enrollment of certain Natives, the establishment of an escrow account for the proceeds of certain lands, the treatment of certain payments and grants, and the consolidation of existing regional corporations. Native Americans 1975-05-01 1975-12-16 Measure laid on table in House, S. 1469 passed in lieu. House Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] AK R Y000033 0 (Reported to House from the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs with amendment, H. Rept. 94-729) Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to enroll those Alaska Natives otherwise qualified under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, but who missed the March 30, 1973, deadline. Authorizes the Secretary to allow Natives enrolled in villages or groups not recognized as village corporations to enroll in a sanctioned village corporation or to remain enrolled on an at-large basis in the Regional Corporation of the region in which the village or group is located. Grants authority to the Secretary to deposit receipts derived from contracts, leases, permits, rights-of-way, or easements pertaining to land or resources of land in an escrow account until such time as disposition is made of the land. Authorizes the paying of interest on the funds held in the escrow account. Exempts Native corporations organized under the Act from the provisions of Federal securities laws during the time that the stock of those corporations is subject to prohibitions on sale or disposition. Authorizes mergers or consolidations among Native corporations within the same region. Requires that the plan of merger provide that the right to explore, develop, or remove minerals from the subsurface estate in the lands within the boundaries of any Native village be subject to the consent of the Village Corporation. Extends the life of the Joint Federal-State Land Use Planning Commission for three years from December 31, 1976, to June 30, 1979. Authorizes the southeast region (Sealaska, Inc.) to select its acreage entitlement from lands which were withdrawn in the National Forest for selection by the village corporation, but which were not so selected. Excludes until 1992 the stock of any Native corporation, including the right to receive dividends therefrom, from the gross estate of a decedent under the Internal Revenue Code. Directs the Secretary to pay, by grant, $250,000 to each of the Native corporations of the cities of J… 2024-08-01T19:26:47Z  
94-hjres-391 94 hjres 391 Joint resolution to authorize the return of the remains of Pocahontas to the United States and the establishment of an appropriate memorial commemorating her place in American history. Native Americans 1975-04-15 1975-04-15 Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. House Rep. Fish, Hamilton, Jr. [R-NY-25] NY R F000141 0 Authorizes the return of the remains of Pocahontas to the United States and the establishment of an appropriate memorial commemorating her place in American history. Authorizes appropriations of sums necessary to carry out the purposes of this resolution. 2024-08-01T19:21:43Z  
94-hjres-394 94 hjres 394 Joint resolution authorizing the President to proclaim September 28, 1975, as National Indian Day. Native Americans 1975-04-15 1975-04-15 Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. House Rep. Santini, James D. [D-NV-98] NV D S000058 0 Authorizes the President to proclaim September 28, 1975, as "National Indian Day". 2024-08-01T19:21:48Z  
94-hr-5778 94 hr 5778 A bill to declare that certain submarginal land of the United States shall be held in trust for certain Indian tribes and be made a part of the reservations of said Indians, and for other purposes. Native Americans 1975-04-09 1975-10-06 Measure laid on table in House, S. 1327 passed in lieu. House Rep. Meeds, Lloyd [D-WA-2] WA D M000626 8 (Reported to House from the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs with amendment, H. Rept. 94-480) Provides that specified submarginal lands purchased by the United States under authority of emergency relief measures of the 1930's and now administered by the Secretary of the Interior for the benefit of specified Indian tribes shall be held by the United States in trust for such tribes. Requires that all receipts received prior to the date of enactment of this Act which directly relate to any land conveyed by this Act shall be deposited to the credit of the Indian tribe receiving such land. Provides that all gross receipts earned by the United States subsequent to this Act or otherwise from such lands shall be administered in accordance with laws and regulations applicable to receipts from property held in trust for Indian tribes. 2024-08-01T19:26:11Z  
94-s-1363 94 s 1363 A bill to facilitate the exchange of school lands between the State of Utah and the Navajo Tribe. Native Americans 1975-04-07 1975-04-07 Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Senate Sen. Moss, Frank E. [D-UT] UT D M001033 0 Provides that the State of Utah may relinquish such tracts of school land, including mineral rights, within specified areas of the Navajo Reservation to the United States in trust for the Navajo Tribe. Provides that the State of Utah shall have the right to select other unreserved lands in the State of Utah equal in area to those relinquished. 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z  
94-hr-5633 94 hr 5633 Land Use and Resource Conservation Act Native Americans 1975-03-26 1975-03-26 Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. House Rep. Udall, Morris K. [D-AZ-2] AZ D U000001 23 Land Use and Resource Covservation Act - Title I: Findings, Policy, Definitions - Sets forth the findings of Congress that there is a national interest in effective land use decision making in order to promote the general welfare, to secure a wise and balanced allocation of resources, to provide for the protection and enhancement of the environment, and to conserve energy. States that it is the policy of the Federal Government, in cooperation with the States, to encourage and support the establishment of effective land use planning and management programs which will assure that the lands in the Nation are used in ways that create and maintain conditions under which man and nature can exist in productive harmony. Defines the terms used in this Act. Defines "areas of critical State concern" as meaning areas on non-Federal lands which the State determines to be of more than local concern in view of the significant damage to life, property, the quality of the environment, or the long-term public interest which could occur from uncontrolled or incompatible development. Title II: Federal Grants for State and Indian Land Use Programs - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to make annual grants to assist the States in the development and administration of a land use program. States that initial grants may be made as soon as the State has established a State land use planning agency and an advisory council which participates in the development of the State land use program and consults, reviews, and and comments on the State land use program. Authorizes the Secretary to make additional grants to the States for developing procedures to simplify the processing of permits, licenses and other governmental decisions which are prerequisites to proposed development activities. Provides appeal procedures for States which the Secretary has determined are ineligible for grants. States that in implementing its land use program, a State may utilize (1) direct State land use planning and regulation, (2) action by local gov… 2025-09-02T18:45:08Z  
94-s-1327 94 s 1327 An Act to declare that certain submarginal land of the United States shall be held in trust for certain Indian tribes and be made a part of the reservations of said Indians, and for other purposes. Native Americans 1975-03-26 1975-10-17 Public law 94-114. Senate Sen. Abourezk, James [D-SD] SD D A000017 8 (Measure passed House, amended, in lieu of H.R. 5778) Provides that specified submarginal lands purchased by the United States under authority of emergency relief measures of the 1930's and now administered by the Secretary of the Interior for the benefit of specified Indian tribes shall be held by the United States in trust for such tribes. Requires that all receipts received prior to the date of enactment of this Act which directly relate to any land conveyed by this Act shall be deposited to the credit of the Indian tribe receiving such land. Provides that all gross receipts earned by the United States subsequent to this Act or otherwise from such lands shall be administered in accordance with laws and regulations applicable to receipts from property held in trust for Indian tribes. 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z  
94-s-1328 94 s 1328 A bill providing for the reacquisition of jurisdiction by Indian tribes and by the United States over criminal offenses and civil matters in Indian country. Native Americans 1975-03-26 1975-03-26 Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Senate Sen. Abourezk, James [D-SD] SD D A000017 0 Title I: Reacquisition of Criminal and Civil Jurisdiction - Grants Indian tribes, acting through their tribal councils, the choice of providing for the reacquisition of jurisdiction by the Indian tribes and by the United States over criminal offenses and civil matters in Indian country. Authorizes any Indian tribe to adopt a resolution pursuant to which such tribe shall have sole licensing authority over all hunting, fishing, and trapping within the lands and waters under the jurisdiction of such tribe. Title II: Improvement of Law Enforcement on Indian Reservations - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to establish a pilot program to improve law enforcement and the administration of justice within one or more Indian reservations in each of the following States: South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana, Nebraska, and Wyoming. Directs the Secretary to make grants to (1) strengthen police personnel of the tribe having jurisdiction over such reservation, (2) improve the Indian courts within such reservation, and (3) establish correctional facilities and personnel within such reservation. Authorizes appropriations for such grants of $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 and for each of the four succeeding fiscal years. 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z  
94-s-1334 94 s 1334 A bill to provide for the distribution of funds appropriated to pay judgments in favor of the Cowlitz Tribe of Indians by the Indian Claims Commission in docket numbered 218. Native Americans 1975-03-26 1975-03-26 Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Senate Sen. Jackson, Henry M. [D-WA] WA D J000013 1 Establishes guidelines for the distribution of funds appropriated by the Act of July 1, 1973, to pay judgements in favor of the Cowlitz Tribe of Indians by the Indian Claims Commission in docket numbered 218. Directs the Secretary of Interior to prepare a list of persons eligible for such funds. Provides that funds shall be distributed as follows: (1) $10,000 shall be set aside for the purchase of lands for the benefit of the Cowlitz Tribe; (2) the balance shall be distributed by the Secretary per capita to those eligible for enrollment. Authorizes the Secretary to promulgate rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z  
94-hr-5465 94 hr 5465 A bill to allow Federal employment preference to certain employees of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and to certain employees of the Indian Health Service, who are not entitled to the benefits of, or who have been adversely affected by the application of, certain Federal laws allowing employment preference to Indians. Native Americans 1975-03-25 1976-09-24 Vetoed by President, H. Doc. 94-624. House Rep. Henderson, David N. [D-NC-3] NC D H000479 0 (Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 94-1456) Authorizes payment of an immediate annuity to employees of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service who do not have Indian preference who retire prior to December 31, 1985, and who at the time of retirement have completed at least 20 years of service and are at least 50 years of age or have completed 25 years of service, and were continuously employed in the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Indian Health Service from June 17, 1974, until their retirement, are not otherwise entitled to full retirement benefits, and can demonstrate that application of Indian preference has denied them career advancement opportunities on at least two occasions. Provides that the annuity of an employee retired under this Act shall be two and one-half percent of his average pay for each of the first 20 years of service and two percent of his average pay for each year thereafter. 2025-04-07T14:20:16Z  
94-hr-5090 94 hr 5090 A bill to provide for the disposition of funds appropriated to pay a judgment in favor of the Cowlitz Tribe of Indians in Indian Claims Commission docket No. 218. Native Americans 1975-03-18 1975-12-17 Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. House Rep. Meeds, Lloyd [D-WA-2] WA D M000626 0 (Reported to House from the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs with amendment, H. Rept. 94-479) Establishes guidelines for the distribution of funds appropriated by the Act of July 1, 1973 to pay judgments in favor of the Cowlitz Tribe of Indians by the Indian Claims Commission. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to prepare a list of persons eligible for such funds. Provides that funds shall be distributed per capita to those eligible for enrollment. States that the distributions under this Act shall not be subject to Federal or State taxes nor considered as income so as to diminish the recipients' rights to benefits under the Social Security Act or any Federal or federally-assisted program. Authorizes the Secretary to promulgate rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z  
94-hr-4987 94 hr 4987 A bill to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to continue the authority of the Joint Federal-State Land Use Planning Commission for Alaska until June 30, 1979. Native Americans 1975-03-14 1975-03-14 Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. House Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] AK R Y000033 0 Extends the authority of the Joint Federal-State Land Use Planning Commission, established under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, for Alaska, until June 30, 1979. 2024-08-01T19:25:34Z  
94-hr-4988 94 hr 4988 A bill to revise retirement benefits for certain employees of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service not entitled to Indian preference, and provide greater opportunity for advancement and employment of Indians. Native Americans 1975-03-14 1975-03-14 Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. House Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] AK R Y000033 0 Provides that employees of the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Indian Health Service shall be entitled to an annuity after twenty years service if such employee meets the following conditions: (1) is separated from the service on or before December 31, 1984, after completing twenty years of service; (2) was employed in the Bureau or Service continuously from June 17, 1974, to the date of separation; (3) is not otherwise entitled to full retirement benefits; and (4) is not an Indian entitled to a preference in personnel actions. Allows the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to delay for one year the effective date of any separation from the service under the provisions of this Act. Directs that the provisions of this Act only apply to employees separated from the service on and after June 17, 1974. (Amends 5 U.S.C. 8336, 8339,8341 and 8344) 2024-08-01T19:25:41Z  
94-hr-4804 94 hr 4804 A bill to declare that certain land of the United States is held by the United States in trust for the Pueblo of Laguna. Native Americans 1975-03-12 1975-10-06 Measure laid on table in House, S. 557 passed in lieu. House Rep. Runnels, Harold L. [D-NM-2] NM D R000510 0 Provides that specified land of the United States in New Mexico is held by the United States in trust for the Pueblo of Labuna. 2024-08-01T19:25:35Z  
94-s-1147 94 s 1147 A bill to liquidate the liability of the United States for the massacre of Sioux Indian men, women, and children at Wounded Knee on December 29, 1890. Native Americans 1975-03-11 1975-03-11 Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Senate Sen. Abourezk, James [D-SD] SD D A000017 0 Authorizes the appropriation of $3,000 for each Sioux Indian man, woman, or child who suffered death or was wounded in the massacre of the Sioux Indians at Wounded Knee Creek on December 29, 1890. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to investigate and report to Congress by November 30, 1975, and show the names, sex and approximate age of each Sioux Indian who qualifies for such payment. Specifies that such sum shall be paid to those persons or their heirs. Allows the Secretary to pay the amount found due to any living survivor in monthly payments. 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z  
94-s-1002 94 s 1002 Indian Trust Counsel Authority Act Native Americans 1975-03-07 1975-03-07 Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Senate Sen. Abourezk, James [D-SD] SD D A000017 0 Indian Trust Counsel Authority Act - Establishes the Indian Trust Counsel Authority as an independent agency to provide independent legal counsel and representation for the purpose of preserving and protecting the natural resource rights of Indians. Sets forth the qualifications, terms of Office, and rates of compensation for members of the Board of Directors of the Authority. Empowers the Authority to render legal services necessary to protect natural resource rights upon the request of any aggrieved Indian or Indian Tribe. Requires executive departments and agencies to notify the Authority and any affected Indian or Indian Tribe of any proposed action which may affect or impair natural resource rights. Authorizes appropriations to the Authority as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. 2025-09-02T18:51:02Z  
94-s-984 94 s 984 Land Resource Planning Assistance Act Native Americans 1975-03-06 1975-03-06 Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Senate Sen. Jackson, Henry M. [D-WA] WA D J000013 29 Land Resource Planning Assistance Act - States that the purpose of this Act is to assist the States to develop and implement State land resource programs and to assist Indian tribes to inventory and plan the use of reservation and other tribal lands. Preserves the rights and jurisdiction of States and other property owners with respect to non-Federal lands. Defines the terms used in this Act. Title I: Program of Assistance to the States - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to make annual grants to the States to assist each State in developing and administering a State land resource program for non-Federal lands. Defines "state land resource program" as a program which includes (1) a land resource planning process, (2) a land planning agency, (3) a study of existing land resource planning and management authority, (4) a statement of policies and objectives, (5) methods of implementation and coordination, and (6) an energy facility planning program. Requires such programs to provide for the participation of owners of real property, local government, and the public, and to otherwise meet the requirements of this Act. States that land resource planning processes shall include specified criteria, including the preparation and continuing revision of an inventory of environmental, geological, and physical conditions (including soil types) which influence the desirability of various land uses. Provides that each State land planning agency shall have primary authority to develop and administer the State land resource planning, and to define the policies and objectives of each State's particular land program. Requires that methods of controlling land sales and development projects be included in each State program. Stipulates that Federal projects and activities on non-Federal lands significantly affecting land use must be consistent with State land resources programs, except in cases of overriding national interest. Title II: Administration of State Assistance Programs and Coordination of Federal Land-Related … 2025-09-02T18:51:01Z  
94-hr-4344 94 hr 4344 A bill to establish within the Department of the Interior and additional Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs. Native Americans 1975-03-05 1975-03-05 Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. House Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] AK R Y000033 0 Establishes within the Department of the Interior an additional Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs to be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. 2024-08-01T19:25:15Z  

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